How to Make a Wooden Jitterbug Lure, All hand made.  

I had the big black jitterbug! Used it at night time, caught a 4 and 1/2 lb Bass! Not that big by any standards but a nice fish. But it's the most memorable fish I ever caught! All you hear is the bloop bloop bloop of the Lure, then the splash of bass hitting it! I do not know why I never tried again! But I'm 65 years old now, and I think about it a lot!

Quality Job there... But honestly to do this at the level you are doing , requires all the Power Equipment, ect. The average person isn't going to invest in this amount of Equipment. Fred Arbogaust, The original inventor, made them from an old broom handle and a vegetable can ; cut out from side wall of the can. You can also make the dish lip from the shoulder curvature of an arisol spray can. Then just paint the body black, which always works. hooks attach to inexpensive hobby eyelet screws; open eyelet type, then crimp closed. Your creation is Store bought Quality looking for sure. NOTE: It sat nose down , angled in the water at rest, instead of floating level, but you can easily balance it, using different, lighter lip material. My point , is only that the guy with bare minimal materials can make one of these, BUT...., it is very cool to have a professional Quality looking product as you produced. Thanks for the Video.

My dad just died in January at 83 years old. We loved to fish together and his favorite lure was the Jitter-Bug. We used to spray paint them completely black and use them at night. The black silhouette of the lure would help the fish spot it against the sky. At least that was our theory, we caught bigger fish at night than in the day light.

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The wood is almost to pretty to cover with paint.

I'm 58 and have my grandfather's lure like that. I've never had great luck with it, but wouldn't give it up. Thanks for the build, it was inspiring

I'm about to build a Jitterbug for my future daughter-in-law and had to re-watch this video as a refresher. I made two Jitterbugs last year, so it's been a while.

Love to a up sized saltwater one

Maybe you could make two next time, and have a friend fish the same lure with you that day? At least some of the morning, give the bug a chance to catch the monster 😃

A jitter bug was the first top water lure my granddad taught me to fish with. Awesome lure, love the color scheme on it. Great job

Cool paint!

Pretty cool. Thanks for the video.

Great video Franco! Beautiful looking bait with great action...and it catches fish!

Hello good morning happy fishing Friday 🎣👍🏼 I always enjoy seeing your luer making my friend

Great build dude, I love your use of brass, gave it sort of an old school look.

Been waiting for a tutorial about how to make a jitterbug's lip for a while. Thanks a lot, Franco!!!

Nice lure, paint job and bass! 🙂

Love the classic lure builds!! Keep up the great work Franco. I was supposed to be in the Georgian Bay this coming week to give all of my homemade lures a test on Smallmouth and Norther Pike but unfortunately I am unable to go due to sever back pain and spams.

Excellent build. My first jitterbug was yellow and given to me by my Dad also. I still have all the lures he gave me. Love the bass work and ad hoc mandrill. Last footage with nice Bass great.

Your build is awesome, I really liked your paint job!